Bookbinder.



P. NYBOE.

BOOKBIN'DER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. I9I4.

Patented May 11, 1915.

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ffoy/aj MED 1'.SfrAfiEs 'PATENT OFFICE.

PETR NYBOE, F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

BOOKBINDER.

L Speciication of Letters iatent.

' Appueauon med may '2, 1914. seriaino. 835,837.

To all whomt may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER NYBOE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Seat- This invention relates to book binders, and y more especially to such devices as are intended for use in connection with magazines and other such literature wherein it is desirable to remove one ormore of the magazines, or the like, from the binder from time to time and to replace the same by later editions thereof.

The inventionwill be more fully described and explained in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim. y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my'binder showing a number of magazines in bound position therein. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view, partly in section, of the magazines and showing a portion of the binding'means proper. Fig. -3 is an edge-wise view of Fig. 1, with parts broken away. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail fragmentary view of one of the screw-eyes.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral 1 designates a back or cover which may be flexible throu hout, or constructed in any other suita le manner..` Glued or otherwise suitably secured to the said cover along its vertical center is'a block 2, as plainly seen in Figs. 1 and 3, and near each end of the said block is a screw-eye 3, thefshank 4 of` which is firmly aliiXed to the said block. In alinement with each of the said screw-eyes, horizontally considered, is a spring cross bar 5 near one of whose ends may be a coil, as indicated at 6,. and the extreme end of the wire is bent back, as indicated in dotted lines at 7, and thrust into the block 2 "sufficiently to hold itself in the position shown, by friction, the said block being cut away as indicated in dotted lines at 8 so as to receive the lower part of the coils in the bar 5.

9 designates a vnumber of magazines of usual form, piled one upon the other as shown, and 10 designates loops which, in this instance, are formed of ordinary piano wire into the shape as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

11 indicates an ordinary rubber band stretched across from one of the cross bars 5 to the other. l

From the foregoing it will be seen that in order to bind the magazine all that is necessary is to cut a slot across the back or folded edge thereof, such as indicated at 12, open the magazine and thrust the eye portion of one of the loops 10 through the slot, meanwhile holding the said portion of the loop at right angles to the edge of the magazine,

and. then turn the loop so that the straight portion 13 lies parallel with the edge of the magazine, as plainly seen in Fig. 2. The magazine is then closed and the loops 10 slipped over the free end of the bars 5 and the latter then sprung downwardly and snapped into the eyes 3. The function of the rubber `band 11 is to hold the magazine against undue movement along the bars 5. In Fig. 1 the said band is positioned so as to allow considerable of such movement of the magazines 9, but the said band'could be moved to the left as seen in Fig. 1 until it contacts directly with the sides of the magazines and thus holds them in place with respect to the bars 5, as will 'be understood.

While I have sh'own a particular form of embodiment of my'invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of desire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described.

'What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is In an article of the class described, the combination with a magazine cover,d of means for removably attaching leaves within the cover, block fitted into the rib of the cover, the said block having recesses therein, wires having :Patented May 11, 1915.

my invention, and lI thereforethe said means comprising a loops which are adapted to be received by -tions, the said eyes being adapted to be slipped into notches out into the folded edges of the leaves, the last mentioned eyes being adapted to receive the rst mentioned Wires,

and a'resilientband vedaptedto be passed around from one of the said Wires to the '10 other.

PETER NYBOE.

Witnesses:

FRED P. GORIN, EMMA KROGER. 

